Radeon RX 480 Press Deck

SeniorVicePresidentAndChiefArchitect
RajaKoduri
Under embargo until June 29, 2016 at 9 a.m. EST.
BenchlifeBenchlifeBenchlifeBenchlifeBenchlifeBenchlife

Imagineaworldwhere onlythetop16%ofPC users
purchasegraphicscardsthatprovide premium VRand
gaming experiences…
Based on AMD internal data.
2

Where millions of gamers have been relegated to
using outdated technology…
3

Where notebook gamers are often forced to
compromise…
4

Where tens of millions more can only read about
incredible PC VR experiences they can’t enjoy
for themselves…
5

And they’re worried that if they upgrade now,
their investment will be short lived…
6

That’stheworldwe live
intoday.
7

Gamers and consumers
are being left behind
8

Incrediblegaming technology
shouldbewithinthereachof
everyone
9

How do we make the next
generation of gamers
PC gamers?
CHALLENGE 1
10

Singlemonitorgamersare
gamingat1080porbelow
accordingtoSteam™
95%
*See Endnotes for details.
11

Theoverwhelming
majorityofgamersbuy
$100-300graphicscards
84%+$300
$100-$300
12

5 million gaming notebooks
are sold every year
Why isn’t it 100 million?
13

Exceptionally low power with
low-z height to drive
notebook design wins
Engineered to deliver
unprecedented
performance
Flagship technology that
effectively gives GPU
performance that rivals that of
consoles
Flagship technology that effectively gives
mobile users GPU performance that rivals
that of consoles
Making the GPU accessible with
close-to-the-metal DirectX® 12 API
14

How do we bring real VR to
millions of consumers?
CHALLENGE 2
15

0.0 B
0.2 B
0.4 B
0.6 B
0.8 B
1.0 B
1.2 B
1.4 B
1.6 B
1.43 billion
PCs
VR is amazing, but relatively few can enjoy it
Just 13 million PCs worldwide
this year will have the graphics
capabilities needed to run VR
Only 1% of the 1.43 billion PCs
used globally
Source: Gartner: Forecast: Wearable Electronic Devices, Worldwide, Feb 2016.
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Source: Seidmon Associates,Wave One / April, 2016, NationalOnline Survey Among 1,000 Adults 18-60
One of the biggest deterrents
to widespread adoption of VR is cost
26%
37%
41%
68%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
Equipment too expensive
Headset too bulky
Situations wanting to use
VR would be limited
Not enough diff. btwn VR and
seeing things normally
VR User Adoption Survey
18

Opportunity to drive the install base
of VR-ready PCs to 100 million
in the next few years
19

Opportunity to drive VR into retail
in volume
20

Making VR game and application
development viable on a large scale
21

Reducing the cost of entry to VR:
Dramatically accelerating the pace
of the VR ecosystem growth to
ultimately help make HMDs more
affordable
22

Further Drives
VR into retail
Grows the addressable market
for PC VR
Makes VR possible
for anyone who
wants it
Helps make HMDs
more affordable
A high-performance, low-power solution
to democratize VR, delivering extraordinary
VR experiences
23

How can we get the best and
widest range of content to PC
gamers as fast as possible?
CHALLENGE 3
24

How do we cut port times for console games to
next to nothing and ensure the highest quality,
highest performance experiences?
25

We very intentionally selected these two chip sizes
for the Polaris architecture because we believe
gaming content will be built around these two
levels of capability.
5+
TFLOPS
2+
TFLOPSOR
26

The acceleration of more
affordable content development
5+
TFLOPS
5+
TFLOPS
27

POLARIS 10
36 CUs
> 5 TFLOPS
256-bit
4th Gen GCN
4K Encode/Decode
DP 1.3/1.4 HDR
Up to 2.8X Perf/Watt
POLARIS 11
16 CUs
> 2 TFLOPS
128-bit
4th Gen GCN
4K Encode/Decode
DP 1.3/1.4 HDR
Up to 2.8X Perf/Watt
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Introducing the
Polaris architecture-based
Series,
that delivers on the promise of gaming
and VR for everyone
with three “entitlements” for all.
Extraordinary VR
experiences at price points
never offered before
Console-class GPU
performance for thin and
light notebooks
Great game content
delivered to PC gamers in
real time.
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Cool and Efficient Solution
For eSports Gaming
TFLOPS > 2
CUs 14
Mem Size 2 GB GDDR5
Mem Bus Size 128-bit
Power connector none
Encode / Decode 4K H.264 / HEVC
Display Port 1.3/1.4 HDR
30

Brilliant HD Gaming
TFLOPS > 4
CUs 32
Memory Size 4GB GDDR5
Memory Bus Size 256-bit
Power connector 1x6-pin
GCN 4th Gen
AMD FreeSync™ YES
31

Beyond HD Gaming
Premium VR Experiences
TFLOPS > 5
CUs 36
Memory Bandwidth 224/256* GB/s
Memory Size 4/8 GB GDDR5
Memory Bus Size 256-bit
Power 150 W
VR Premium YES
AMD FreeSync™ YES
*AIBs may have different configurations in market
32

Premium HD Gaming
mGPU Scaling
with AMD CrossFire™ Technology
DirectX™ 12 Gaming Featuring
Asynchronous Compute
Smooth Frame-rates
With AMD FreeSync™ Technology
1440p Premium Gaming Radeon RX 480 8GB VS NV GTX 970 4GB
1X
42%
21%
21%
25%
Percentage values are up to, see endnotes for details
33

Enabling Premium VR Experiences at Low Power
Radeon RX 480 8GB VS R9 380
Ready for
Oculus™
Rift and
Steam® VR
Performance Test
3.6
6
6.3
Under embargo until June 29 2016 at 9 a.m. EST.
34

Polaris Platformfor Gamers
Game-Changing
Control
Premium Gaming
Immersive VR
Experiences
Future-Proof
Technologies*
*See endnotes for details 35

Gamers Deserve the Latest Game Technologies
+ 45%+ 63%
Premium Gaming
Single DX 12 mGPU OpenGL Vulkan
See endnotes for details
Radeon™ R9 390X Radeon™ RX 480
36

Gamers Want Immersive VR Experiences
Radeon™ RX Graphics feature Asynchronous Shaders and QRQ
Immersive VR Experiences
With Asynchronous Time Warp
Judder reduction of 20-100x*
Frame 1
80
90
100
Frame 2 Frame 3 Frame 4
Without Asynchronous Time Warp
Frame 1
Missing ~5%frames*
80
90
100
Frame 2 Frame 3 Frame 4
Missed
Frame
Missed
Frame
*Resultspart of Oculus’s internal testingof ATW, graphics hardware not specified. Source:
https://developer.oculus.com/blog/asynchronous-timewarp-on-oculus-rift/ Charts for
illustrativepurposes only.
Oculus Rift Asynchronos Timewarp (ATW)
37

Gamers Deserve the Chance for Better Upgrades
• 1.3 HBR3 Ready
• 1.4 HDR Ready
• Synchronous panel refresh
• Elimination of video tearing
• 2.0b Enabled
AMD FREESYNC™ TECHNOLOGY
38

Gamers Deserve Great Gaming Experiences
Better Experiences
Enabling Developers Improving User Experience
39

Gamers Want Great Streaming
High Quality Game Streaming for
Gamers With Radeon™ RX Graphics
H.264
Open Broadcaster
Software
HEVC
Game at Max Settings
Record With Your
Favorite Software
Encode With High
Quality Codecs
Share
Under embargo until June 29, 2016 at 9 a.m. EST. *See Endnotes for details.
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Cool & Efficient
E-Sports Gaming
TheFirstinaFamilyofSolutions
Beyond HD Gaming
& VR Premium Brilliant HD Gaming
41

Endnotes
Slide11:http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey
Slide16:13millionPCsworldwidenextyearwillhavethegraphicscapabilitiesneededtorunVRaccordingtoGartnerascitedinhttp://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-12-30/few-computers-are-powerful-enough-to-support-virtual-reality
Slide28:Polaris112.8xperformanceperwatt:TestingconductedbyAMDPerformanceLabsasofMay10,2016on3DMark11and3DMarkFirestrikeusingatestsystemcomprisingofani7-4600M,8GB,AMDRadeondriver16.20. AMDRadeonR9
M280X(14CUs)scored5700and3500withaboardpowerof82W. AMDRadeonRX480M(16CUs)scored7200and4070withaboardpowerof35W. UsingPerformance/Boardpower,theresultingaverageacrossthe2differenttitleswasaperfper
wattof2.8XvstheRadeonR9M280X.RX-5
Polaris102.8xperformanceperwatt: TestingconductedbyAMDPerformanceLabsasofMay10,2016ontheAMDRadeon™RX470(110w)andAMDRadeon™R9270X(180w),onatestsystemcomprisingi75960X@3.0GHz16GBmemory,AMD
RadeonSoftwaredriver16.20andWindows10..Using3DMarkFireStrikepreset1080pthescoreswere9090and5787respectively. UsingAshesoftheSingularity1080PHigh,thescoreswere46fpsand28.1fpsrespectively.UsingHitman1080pHigh,
thescoreswere60fpsand27.6fpsrespectively.UsingOverwatch1080pMaxsettings,thescoreswere121fpsand76fpsrespectively.UsingPerformance/Boardpower,theresultingaverageacrossthe4differenttitleswasaperfperwattof2.8Xvsthe
RadeonR9270X. Testresultsarenotaverageandmayvary.RX-6
Slide33:TestingconductedbyAMDPerformanceLabsasofJune10,2016ontheAMDRadeon™RX4808GBand NVGTX9704GB,onatestsystemcomprisingi75960X@3.0GHz16GBDDR4-2666memory,GigabyteX99-UD4,AMDRadeon
SoftwareCrimsonEditiondriver16.5,NVdriver 365.10andWindows10.UsingAshesoftheSingularityHigh1440p2xMSAA,GearsofWarHigh1440p4xAF,HitmanMax1440p16xAF,QuantumBreak1440pMediumAAON,Radeon™RX480scored
45.23fps,57.26fps,52.53fps,50.45fpsrespectively. NVGTX970scored37.47fps,47.19fps,36.85fps,and40.43respectively.Performancemayvarybasedonuseoflatestdriverversions.Testresultsarenotaverageandmayvary. RX-16
Slide34:TestingconductedbyAMDPerformanceLabsasofMay19,2016ontheRadeon™RX480andRadeon™R9380onatestsystemcomprisingInteli7-6700K,2x4GBDDR4-2666RAM,Z170motherboard,RadeonSoftwareCrimsonEdition
16.1.1and Win1064-bit.UsingtheSteamVRPerformancetest,RadeonRX480scored6.3andRadeonR9380scored3.6.RX-2
Slide35:Statementof“future-proof”referstosupportofcurrentandupcomingtechnologystandardsincluding14nmFinFETprocesstechnology,DirectX12andVulkanAPIsupport,newdisplaytechnology,andexperiencessuchasVR.“Future-proof”
statementisnotmeanttoserveasawarrantyorindicatethatuserswillneverhavetoupgradetheirgraphicstechnologyagain.Supportofcurrentandupcomingtechnologystandardsdescribedabovehasthepotentialtoreducefrequencyofgraphics
upgradesforsomeusers.
Slide 36:DX12TestingconductedbyAMDPerformanceLabsasofMay10,2016ontheAMDRadeon™R9390XandWarhammerDX12at1440p. Singlecardscored60fps,CrossFire™configurationscored97.8fps.Testresultsarenotaverageand
mayvary.VulkantestingconductedbyAMDPerformanceLabsasofMay10,2016onDoomatHighSettings,testedat1080PwithanIntelCorei75960Xwith16GBDDR4,Radeon™RX480scored55fpsinOpenGLand80fpsinVulkan.Testresultsare
notaverageandmayvary.RX-10
FreeSyncisanAMDtechnologydesignedtoeliminatestutteringand/ortearingingamesandvideosbylockingadisplay’srefreshratetotheframerateofthegraphicscard. RequiresMonitor,AMDRadeon™graphicsand/orAMDA-SeriesAPUcompliant
withDisplayPort™Adaptive-Sync1.2(ornewer). AMDCatalyst™driver15.2Beta(ornewer)required.Adaptiverefreshratesvarybydisplay;checkwithyourmonitormanufacturerforspecificcapabilities.OnlyselectAMDRadeonGPUsandA-Series
APUssupported;seewww.amd.com/freesyncforfulldetails.GD-67
Slide40: HEVCaccelerationissubjecttoinclusion/installationofcompatibleHEVCplayers.
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Under embargo until June 29, 2016 at 9 a.m. EST.Under embargo until June 29, 2016 at 9 a.m. EST.
Radeon Software
Terry Makedon
Director of Software Strategy and UX

GPUOpen enablesdevelopers through open source
Laser focused on delivering the best GPU user experience

GPUOpen
AMD’s initiative to enable developers through open source
14 major updates in the last 30 days*
41 developer blogs in last 4 months*
61 SDK/Samples/Libraries/Tools posted since launch – Jan 26 2016
We are the first IHV to release an SPIR-V extension - the intermediate shader
language used in Vulkan (we released support for GCN instructions)
*Status as of May 28

Opensourceeffects,SDKsandlibraries
New Effects
ShadowFX (DX12)
GeometryFX improvements (DX11)
TressFX 3.1 (DX11)
New Libraries / SDK / Samples
Multithreaded Rendering (DX12)
Out of order rasterization (Vulkan)
FireRays (Vulkan and OCL)
CrossFire™ API (DX11)

Opensourcingtoolsfordevelopers
Compressonator for Textures
GPUPerfAPI Analysis
CodeXL 2.0
Profile, debug and analyze performance/power across CPU
and GPU graphics and compute
Efficiencies- DX 12 CPU and GPU timelines
Enablingimproved performance with more open
sourcetools

RadeonSupportforOpenVX™
OpenVX™ is an open standard for cross platform
acceleration of computer vision applications & algorithms
Radeon support for OpenVX™ – Open source API support
RunVX – Efficient Runtime tool
Graph optimizer – Automatic optimization
Radeon support for OpenVX ™is a fully open
sourcestack designed for speed and accuracy

So… whataboutvirtualreality?

VirtualRealityAdoption
2014 2015 2016 FUTURE
Multiple HMD Vendors
Up to 1080x1200/eye
<10 ms latency
90 Hz
First Generation
Headsets
Oculus DK2
1K/eye
<20 ms latency
75 Hz
Generation Zero
Headsets
Multiple HMD Vendors
Up to 2K/eye
100Hz+
Second Generation
Headsets
Oculus DK1
640x800/eye
50+mslatency
Prototype
Headsets

VRApplicationCategories
Google Street View
BASIC
Minecraft
ESSENTIAL
EVE: Valkyrie
PREMIUM
Unreal Engine 4 Paris Demo
ADVANCED

TrueAudio Next
Compute Unit Reservation
Quick Response Queue
Variable Rate Shading
DirectX®12 and Vulkan™
LiquidVR™ –NewFeaturesBenchlifeBenchlifeBenchlifeBenchlifeBenchlifeBenchlife

TrueAudioNext
Real Time GPU Audio Physics Processing
Ray Tracing + Convolution for many audio sources
Scalable
Low latency
Executes concurrently with other graphics & compute
tasks
Uses queues with customized scheduling
Open source library will be available on GPUOpen.com
Optimized for superior VR experiences
Immersive audio in real time

Dedicate a number of CUs for a
specific task queue
Immediate execution with a fixed
resource budget
Works with any type of shader
(graphics or compute)
ComputeUnitReservation
Graphics
Audio

Solving VR time-critical task execution
Frames that take too long to render result in
“judder” that destroys sense presence
Quick Response Queue (QRQ)
More precise control of timing
Leverages asynchronous compute
Lower latency
Asynchronous Time Warp on Oculus Rift
uses QRQ to avoid dropped frames
QuickResponseQueueBenchlifeBenchlifeBenchlifeBenchlifeBenchlifeBenchlife

Multi-viewport processing API
Assign viewport ID to each polygon
Independent resolution/quality settings for each viewport
Used to implement foveated rendering
High resolution for frame center
Reduced resolution for periphery
Eye tracking support
VariableRateShadingBenchlifeBenchlifeBenchlifeBenchlifeBenchlifeBenchlife

DirectX®12 is ideal for VR development
Increased draw call throughput
Low CPU overhead
Native support for asynchronous compute
and multi-GPU
Low-level GPU hardware access
Supported by Oculus SDK and
Basemark VR Score benchmark
LiquidVR® DirectX®12 samples and documentation
will be available at GPUOpen.com
LiquidVR™ andDirectX®12BenchlifeBenchlifeBenchlifeBenchlifeBenchlifeBenchlife

GPUOpen enables developers through open source
Laser focused on delivering the best GPU user experience

Experiences
Stability

For many years we did monthly
WHQL driver updates.
Users thought it was too much.

Then for a few years we toned
down our release frequency.
Users thought it was too little.

Frequency
4 WHQL and 9 releases
2016
3 WHQL and 9 Beta Releases
2015
CURRENTPLAN
6 full WHQL certified recommended drivers a year as many optional or game specific drivers as needed
(target all of them to be WHQL)

Game-Day0supported withRadeon SoftwareCrimsonEdition
Crimson 16.1 Crimson 16.2 Crimson 16.2.1 Crimson 16.3 Crimson 16.4.1

Game-Day0supported withRadeon SoftwareCrimsonEdition
RSCE 16.5.2 RSCE 16.5.3RSCE 16.5.1 RSCE 16.5.3

Useroverallsatisfaction
3.6
4.1
4.2
4.4 4.4
4.3 4.3 4.3 4.3
4.1
4.3
4.1
4.1
4.2
4.3
4.4 4.3 4.3 4.3
4.2
4.4
3.0
3.2
3.4
3.6
3.8
4.0
4.2
4.4
4.6
4.8
9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5
3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2
2014 2015 2016
September 2014 – May 2016
Source: Internal AMD Data 4.4/5 Approval Rating

RadeonSoftwareBetaProgram
Launching today
Users can email for information
RadeonSoftwareBeta@amd.com
Fully integrated with our QA department and
run by our lead beta tester of over 15 years

Experiences
Performance

UP TO UP TO UP TO
Radeon™ Fury X GPU: Vulkan™ vs OGL 25%1 103%2 27%3
Radeon™ R9 390 GPU: Vulkan™ vs OGL 4%⁴ 88%5 23%6
Radeon™ R9 380 GPU: Vulkan™ vs OGL 20%7 83%8 16%9
PavingthewaywithVulkan™
Radeon Software 16.5.3
*Test results are not average and may vary

UP TO UP TO UP TO UP TO UP TO
Radeon™ Fury X vs. GTX 980Ti 21%11 23%12 18%13 2%14 0%15
Radeon™ R9 390 vs. GTX 970 57%16 81%17 40%18 19%19 13%20
Radeon™ R9 380 vs. GTX 960 9%21 70%22 39%23 12%24 38%25
PerformanceleadershipinDirectX®12games
Radeon Software 16.5.2 vs. Nvidia 365.10
*Test results are not average and may vary

SmoothgamingexperienceonRadeonSoftware
Radeon Software offers smooth
MGPU DX12 titles
Low variance in frame times results
in a better gaming experience 10
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
1
15
29
43
57
71
85
99
113
127
141
155
169
183
197
211
225
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267
281
295
309
323
337
351
365
379
393
407
421
435
449
463
477
491
505
519
533
547
561
575
589
603
Millisecondsperframe
Time

Experiences
Features

MultiGPU
Scaling and high FPS don’t improve experience above
playable frame rate
CrossFire™ API (DX11) is on GPUOpen

AFRframepacing
Support for DX12 – planned support in a future Radeon Software driver update
Insert delay on the GPU before each present to the display
GPU1
GPU2
Frame 1
Frame 2
Frame 3
Frame 4
D P
D
D
P
P
D P
D= Delay P = Present
Consistent present times

PolarissupportforLinux®distributions
All Open Driver (all open source components)
Currently upstreaming
PRO Driver (Mix of open and closed components)
Supported for DOTA 2 Vulkan on Day 1 of release
Bundled with SteamOS Beta 2.8 – Enabling Vulkan support

XConnect™softwarefeatures
Safe Unplug – available now!
Display through XConnect™ planned for a future release

RadeonSettings
9 new Crimson features
Crossfire™ Global Control
HDMI™ Scaling Control
Color Temperature Control
Power Efficiency Global Control
Display Scaling Per-Application
2 Display Quick Eyefinity Support
Quick OS Launcher
UI Language Selector

X
IntroducingRadeonWattMan*
Take complete control of your GPU
Available at launch for Radeon™ RX400 Series GPUs
*formerly AMD OverDrive™

AMDOverdrive™
Years of our users overclocking
Now we’re going to redefine that experience with Radeon WattMan

Thenewredefinedoverclockingexperience
Simple GPU and Memory Control
Power Limit Control
New features
Dynamic GPU Frequency Curve
Voltage Control Curve
Acoustic Limit Control
Advanced Temperature Control
Advanced Fan Control
Histogram Interface
Crash Recovery Mechanism

NewdynamicGPUfrequencycurve
With the new dynamic GPU Frequency curve, you can take direct control your
GPU clock, adjusting frequency and voltage per state.
7 customizable states on Polaris

Newhistograminterface
Record per-application data with only that application open. Easily track peak
and average activity, clocks, temperature and fan speed.
5 trackable data-points

Hialgoacquisition
Lays groundwork for gaming innovations
Chill:Power saving
Enforced FPS limit only when movement is low
Boost: Dynamic Image Quality Control
Delivers higher FPS during high action; improving
smoothness and reduces lag

Summary
SOFTWARE RELEASES
13 New releases for 2016, including 4 WHQL releases
15+ games supported and optimized (performance and quality)
FEATURES
New API and SDK Support
Vulkan™ API, DirectX® 12 Quick Response Queue, Oculus Rift™ SDK
New Product Support
Polaris 10, Polaris 11, Oculus Rift™, HTC Vive™, AMD XConnect™ technology,
AMD Radeon™ Pro Duo graphics
New Features Introduced for Radeon™ Settings
Radeon WattMan, Global AMD Crossfire™ control, HDMI™ Scaling, Color
TemperatureControls, Per-Game Display Scaling, Language Menu, Two Display
Eyefinity,AMD Crossfire™ Status Indicator, Updated Social Links based on
Region, Power Efficiency Toggle
STABILITY
Over 140 fixes and customer end user issues resolved in the
last 6 months
4.4 User Satisfaction currently
PERFORMANCE
Sample Crimson improvements comparing 15.11 to 16.5.3
27% 12% 26% 26% 35% 60%

EnablingthePolarisExperience

Features,technologiesandprocess
The PolarisArchitecture

Best Graphics Core Yet
State-of-the-Art
Multimedia IP
Future-Proof
Monitor Support
Cool & Quiet Gaming
FourPrinciples oftheNewPolarisArchitecture

1st Generation
DirectX® 11
OpenGL 4.2
OpenCL 1.2
EQAA
Partially Resident Textures (PRT)
Hardware Tessellation
MLAA
Updates Over Time:
DirectX® 11.1
DirectX® 12 FL 11_1
OpenGL™ 4.5
Mantle
Vulkan™
AMD LiquidVR™
AsynchronousCompute
Virtual Super Resolution
2nd Generation
Improved compute task scheduling
(DirectX® 11)
Increased geometry throughput
AMD TrueAudio
OpenCL™ 1.2
OpenGL™ 4.3
HSA
Updates Over Time:
AMD FreeSync™
DirectX® 11.2
DirectX® 12 FL 12_0
OpenCL™ 2.0
OpenGL™ 4.5
AMD Mantle
Vulkan™
AMD LiquidVR™
AsynchronousCompute
Virtual Super Resolution
3rd Generation
High Bandwidth Memory support
Improved tessellation performance
Delta Color Compression (DCC)
Hardware scheduler (HWS) for
asynchronous compute
Native FP16/Int16shader ops (APU)
Data parallel processing
instructions
4th Generation
Improved geometry processing
AMD LiquidVR™ API for variable
resolution rendering
DCC & updated memory controller
Shader instruction pre-fetch and
enhanced buffering
Real-Time and prioritized async
compute with spatial and temporal
scheduling
dGPU support for native
FP16/Int16Ops
AMD TrueAudio Next
H.265Main10 decode acceleration
4K60 HEVC encode acceleration
HDMI® 2.0b
DisplayPort™ 1.3 HBR3
DisplayPort™ 1.4-HDR
HDR display supportUnder embargo until June 29, 2016 at 9 a.m. EST.

14nm FinFET process
1 Graphics Command Processor
4 ACE
2 HWS
36 Compute Units
4 Geometry Processors
32 Pixels Output/Clock
144 Texture Units
576 32b Load/Store Units
2 MB L2 Cache
256-bit GDDR5
AMD CrossFire™ technology
DisplayPort™ 1.4-HDR, HDMI® 2.0b
Video Encode/Decode acceleration
PCIe® 3.0
Radeon™RX480ataglanceBenchlifeBenchlifeBenchlifeBenchlifeBenchlifeBenchlife

14nm FinFET process
1 Graphics Command Processor
4 ACE
2 HWS
16 Compute Units
2 Geometry Processors
16 Pixels Output/Clock
64 Texture Units
256 32b Load/Store Units
1 MB L2 Cache
128-bit GDDR5
AMD CrossFire™ technology
DisplayPort™ 1.4-HDR, HDMI® 2.0b
Video Encode/Decode acceleration
PCIe® 3.0
Radeon™RX460ataglanceBenchlifeBenchlifeBenchlifeBenchlifeBenchlifeBenchlife

4th-GenGraphics
A Philosophy of Efficiency

Primitive Discard Accelerator
Culls triangles early in the pipeline with zero area or
no inclusive sample points
Returns grow as MSAA increases
New Index cache for small instanced geometry
Reduces data movement
Frees internal bandwidth resources
Maintains or improves primitive throughput during
instancing
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RelativePerformance
Tessellation With 4xAA
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Instruction prefetch
Improves efficiency by reducing pipeline stalls
Makes instruction caching more efficient
Increased per wave instruction buffer size
Improve single threaded performance
Tuned L2 cache behavior
Client cache request grouping
Improved cache and memory access efficiency
Native FP16 and Int16 support
Reduced memory/register footprint and bandwidth
Lower power execution
Graphics, computer vision, data learning
Improvedshaderefficiency
Branch &
Message Unit
Scalar Unit
Vector Units
(4x SIMD-16)
Vector Registers
(4x 64KB)
Texture Filter
Units (4)
Local Data Share
(64KB)
L1 Cache
(16KB)
Scheduler
Texture Fetch
Load / Store
Units (16)
Scalar Registers
(4KB)
Polaris Architecture Compute Unit

Improvedshaderefficiency
+15%
PERFORMANCE PER CU
RADEON™ RX 480 VS. RADEON™ R9 2901
Instructionprefetch
Improves efficiency by reducing pipeline stalls
Makes instruction caching more efficient
Increased per wave instruction buffer size
Improve single threaded performance
Tuned L2 cache behavior
Client cache request grouping
Improved cache and memory access efficiency
Native FP16 and Int16 support
Reduced memory/register footprint and bandwidth
Lower power execution
Graphics, computer vision, data learning
UP TO

GPUOpenshaderintrinsicfunctions
Direct access to inline ISA
Data parallel primitive access
Detect dynamically uniform conditions at runtime
Enables performance-critical functions
Execution exactly as developers intend
Available now: DirectX® 11, DirectX® 12 and
Vulkan™
Consolestyle programmingenabled on PC to extractmore
performance from the GPU
Console toPC

Updated memory controller & PHY
Supports up to 8Gbps GDDR5 memory devices
Up to 256GB/s memory bandwidth
Lossless DCC
Full 2/4/8 : 1 compression ratios supported
Driver optimized for utilization of DCC
Provides perf/bandwidth and power
advantages
Extends the life, viability and efficiency of
GDDR5
Efficient balance of resources
Yields higher effective peak bandwidth
Memory&deltacolorcompressionengines
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RelativeMemoryBandwidth
Effective Bandwidth Gain With DCC
4
Uncompressible Data Compressible Data

320GB/s
256GB/s
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Energy Efficient Memory
Bandwidth Performance / bit
LargeL2cache
Doubled L2 cache
Reduces external memory bandwidth
requirements
Improves power efficiency
Increases benefits of DCC
Up to 40% power savings on memory
transactions5

OtherGraphicsArchitecturesInHigh-LevelAPIs
Radeon™GraphicsinDirectX®12,Vulkan™,andVR

* Diagrams for illustrativepurposes only.
ShaderUtilization
Time
Compute Preemption of Graphics Quick Response Queue
Graphics Compute
Radeon™asynchronouscomputeisincrediblyflexibleBenchlifeBenchlifeBenchlifeBenchlifeBenchlifeBenchlife

ACE ACE HWS GRAPHICS COMMAND PROCESSOR HWS ACE ACE
4
Hardwarescheduler(HWS)forasynchronouscompute
 CPU kernel mode driver scheduling task offload
 Real time and prioritized queues (audio/VR)
 Temporal and spatial resource management
 Concurrent task or process scheduling
 Coordination and load balancing with graphics
 Functionality can be updated with microcode

PolarisGFXArchitectureSummary
+15%
PERFORMANCE PER CU
RADEON™ RX 480 VS. RADEON™ R9 2902
2.8x
PERFORMANCE PER WATT
RADEON™ RX 470 VS. RADEON™ R9 270X1
FinFET 14 Technology | Micro–Architecture Tuned for Gaming | Physical Design Optimizations | DPM Techniques
UP TO UP TO

Future-Proof DisplaySupport

DisplayPort™1.3HBR3andDisplayPort™1.4-HDR
Polaris is ready for DisplayPort™ 1.3 HBR3
Existing cables and connectors utilized
Up to 32.4Gbps of bandwidth
+80% bandwidth over HDMI® 2.0b
Polaris is ready for DisplayPort™ 1.4-HDR
Up to 10-bit 4K96
CTA-861.3 HDR metadata transport
Rec.2020 color space support
SMPTE 2084 EOTF
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Bandwidth(Gbps)
Evolution of DisplayPort™bandwidth across generations
Link Bandwidth

Polaris can enable 4:4:4 4K displays at up to 120Hz
We anticipate DRR-ready 4K120 panels by 4Q2016
DRR 4K120 panels will enable 4K AMD FreeSync™
monitors compatible with 30-120 FPS coverage
DisplayPort™1.3isamajorleapfor4KFreeSync™BenchlifeBenchlifeBenchlifeBenchlifeBenchlifeBenchlife

Radeon™ RX 400 Series graphics will enable single-
cable 4:4:4 5K60 resolution
5K is 78% more pixels than 3840x2160 (4K)
210ppi of 5K/28” provides incredible sharpness
and working space vs 142ppi of 4k/28”
We anticipate displays ready for single-cable 5K
by year end
DisplayPort™1.3enablessinglecable5K60BenchlifeBenchlifeBenchlifeBenchlifeBenchlifeBenchlife

X
DisplayPort™1.3isfuture-proofforgamingmonitors
Up to 240Hz SDR
Up to 200Hz HDR
Up to 240Hz SDR
Up to 240Hz HDR
Up to 190Hz SDR
Up to 155Hz HDR
Up to 120Hz SDR
Up to 96Hz HDR
Up to 60Hz SDR

ThePolarisarchitectureisreadyforhometheaterPCs
4K60

X
AMDFreeSync™TechnologyoverHDMI®2.0b
Supported on 28 displays as of May 28th

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